Portrait of Humanity Winners

1854 Media and British Journal of Photography are thrilled to announce the 30 winning single images and three bodies of work of Portrait of Humanity 2021.

Portrait of Humanity 2021 tells a vast breadth of stories from around the globe. In this year of unprecedented struggle, the message of hope, courage, reflection and resilience is now more important than ever.

The images will be exhibited in the Portrait of Humanity Global Tour, which will first be shown at PHOTO 2021 (Australia) from 18 February until 7 March, before moving on to the Belfast Photo Festival on 3 June.

OpenWalls 2021 Is Now Open

Designed to elevate the careers of both emerging and established photographers.

Winning three bodies of work

We’d like to thank the judges of this year’s edition:

Sunyoung Kim – Curator, Head of Exhibitions and International Relations, Museum of Photography (Korea)

Kerri MacDonald – Picture Editor, New York Times (US)

Michael Weir – Creative Producer & CEO, CAPCON & Belfast Photo Festival (Ireland)

Akinbode Akinbiyi – Photographer, Curator (Nigeria)

Elias Redstone Artistic Director, PHOTO 2021, Melbourne (Austrlalia)

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2021 Winners